Why are low standards for dps acceptable?

[Cnidarian]

If your analogy makes sense in relation to 14, then it'd sound like one dps player was somehow playing his game with oven mits, in which he would most likely hit everything but the right button he tries to press (god forbid he was on a keyboard, he wouldn't even be playing if that's the case). For the ski boots one.....what even??? It's not like we can be inflicted with heavy for the entire dungeon run (unless you mean lag then thats completely relatable), not to mention you can't do a single thing on a soccer field other than stand as goalie with ski boots and I doubt you'd block anything. In where a dps as an ice mage, can still do more damage than a summoner's pet.

No I'm not saying being an ice mage in a dungeon is ok (it'd be an obvious joke/troll move anyway if someone did that) and yes it would slow down the progress of a dungeon, but it wouldn't make the run un-finishable.

Anyways, I was not talking about troll/joke dps members before. I'm talking about dps doing slighty lower than their full potential. As if a monk doing an entire lvl 50 dungeon run without the fist of fire stance would legitimately slow down the run so badly that you have to point it out to them as it's ruining your experience with a dungeon you ran 50 times already?

Since you want to take the analogy 100% literal (albeit extreme), it would be more in tune to playing professional soccer with tennis shoes on while everyone else is wearing cleats. Sure, you can still run around the field and kick the ball, but if there is any moisture on the field you will fall a lot and spend half the game on the ground. You also limit yourself in your maneuverability since you will not be able to take corners as tight due to not having sure footing. Overall, while you were still able to participate in the match, you really didn't contribute much and in some instances, you were most likely hindering your team (i.e. not being able to play defense properly because you fell on the ground).